13 Recipes for the Weekend

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Good morning. You know what we’re going to do this weekend? Cook Melissa Clark’s recipe for porchetta.

That is to say, we’re going to buy a pork shoulder roast on the way home tonight, score it with our sharp little kitchen knife, rub it with fennel, rosemary, garlic, salt and lemon zest, and let it rest in the fridge overnight. We’ll pull it out after lunch tomorrow, let it sit covered on the counter for an hour or so, then slide it into a hot oven for a nice three- or four-hour run, until it is crackly and brown and perfect.

And while we’ve got the scale out, we’ll make up a batch of Julia’s perfect corn muffin mix, so we can knock down some muffins for breakfast in the middle of next week. (The next day, we’ll take the leftovers and slice them in half, then toast them in butter until they’re brown and crisp. Which makes the better breakfast? You decide!)

That’s what we’re doing, anyway. You can find other recipes for the weekend at Cooking. Please save the ones you like to your recipe box, so you can find them later with ease. And when you’re done cooking? Rate the recipes on a scale of one to five stars. Your efforts help us all. (You can leave notes on recipes as well, either for yourself or for others.)

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